DR Cathy Hewison is a wisp of a woman. Wearing a denim jacket over her plaid miniskirt and black tights, she grasps her teacup with both hands to warm them as she sits in a Sydney cafe during a brief visit home.Her delicate appearance is misleading. Over nine years with Medecins sans Frontieres, the 38-year-old has taken her Australian GP training to the furthest corners of the world, seeing more poverty, illness and war than the average GP sees coughs and colds. While many doctors are overwhelmed after a single six-month mission with MSF, Dr Hewison finds it difficult to imagine herself doing anything else. It all began with a TV program. After leaving school, the young Dr Hewison was...
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